Queens Boulevard & 39th Street

Queens Boulevard and 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner is also named Gertrude McDonald Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 3,536 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Aviation Career & Technical Education High School is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Queens Blvd/38 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    520 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 40 St-Lowery St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/38 St, 130 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/38 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    130 feet
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 39th Street.

  • 57 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 39 St & Queens Blvd 21 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    290 feet
  2. 43-23 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2004
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2019
  • Turn calming, August 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,536 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 54th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,293 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Queens Boulevard2,4261,478
Westbound on Queens Boulevard1,110815
Total3,5362,293

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Gertrude McDonald Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Gertrude McDonald Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

East side of 39th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 39th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416580, 425455, 426563 and 426983.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Sunnyside Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Aviation Career & Technical Education High School
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Technical High School
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 43-39 39th Street Older adult center
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    920 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Street or Queens Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.